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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What are healthy sources of fats?






2. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






3. Name six sources of grains






4. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






5. What foods have high quality protein?






6. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






7. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






8. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






9. What is normal BMI?






10. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






11. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






12. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






13. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






14. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






15. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






16. What function is vitamin A?






17. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






18. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






19. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






20. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






21. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






22. How many calories/gram is protein?






23. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






24. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






25. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






26. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






27. The higher the BMR a client has --






28. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






29. What is RDA of protein?






30. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






31. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






32. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






33. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






34. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






35. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






36. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






37. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






38. What is normal albumin levels?






39. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






40. What is the function of vitamin C?






41. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






42. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






43. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






44. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






45. Fats can lead to some medical problems






46. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






47. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






48. What does DASH stand for?






49. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






50. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?